Gorakha, Apr. 5: The “B. P. with the poor” programme, district co-ordination and monitoring committee Gorakha hosted a familiarisation seminar here recently.

Inaugurating the seminar, central committee member of the programme Pradeep Koirala said, “the main aim and action plan of the programme is to enhance the social and economic status of the impoverished and backward classes and communities.”

Committee chairman Thakur Prasad Lamichhane said that there was a programme to identify the backward classes and communities in the district and impart training and disburse loan to them.

DDC Vice-Chairman Hari Ghale and a host of other speakers also spoke on the occasion.

The preceding meeting of the committee selected Fujale of area No. 1, Khotlang of area No. 2 and Mandu of area No. 3 of the district for the first phase of the of the programme for the current fiscal year.